James losey



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J. LOSEY. PORTABLE GATE.

Patented Jan. 17, 1893.

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v -J. LO'SEY.

PORTABLE GATE.

atented Jan. 17, 1893.

UNITED Srnrns ATENT rrrcn.

JAMES LOSEY, OF FREEPORT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OE T\VO-THIRDS TO EDW'IN W.BATTLES AND OSCAR E. JENNINGS, OF SAME PLACE.

PORTABLE GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 490,077, dated January17, 1898.

Application filed May 3, 1892. Serial No. 431,655. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES LOSEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Freeport, in the county of Barry and State of Michigan,haveinvented a new and usefulPortable Gate, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in sliding gates.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve theconstruction of sliding gates, and to enable the same to be readilyoperated in a positive and reliable manner.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective View of a sliding gateconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is averticallongitudinal sectional view, the gate being open. Fig. 3 is a plan viewpartly in section.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

l designates a sliding gate mounted on a sliding and tilting frame 2which is supported by a frame composed of parallel uprights 3 and Thesliding and tilting frame is mounted between upper and lower rollers 5and 6 of the uprights 4, and on rollers 5 of the uprights 3, and it iscapable of longitudinal movement, the frame 2 when resting upon therollers of the uprights being in an inclined position.

The rear or inner portions 7 and S of the middle rail of the gate areinclined downward from the rear end of the gate toward the middle of thesame; and this construction forms a sufficient incline to cause the gateto move outward, and to close when the front endof the frame 2 is in itsnormal position.

The gate is mounted upon rollers 10 and 10 of the frame 2; and theserollers are located between the bars of the frame. The

bars of the frame 2 have secured to their inner faces blocks 28 and 29;and the blocks 28 at the outer end of the frame are provided withupwardly projecting flanges 30 which form a guide for the gate.

The gate is operated by a rope 11 which is connected with a latch-lever12; and when the operating rope is pulled, the gate is drawn inwarduntil the point of attachment of the operating rope is directly beneaththe upper cross-piece of the uprights 3; and then by a continued drafton the operating rope the gate and the frame are lifted, which causesthe frame to continue its movement inward until the front end which isprovided with lateral projections 14 rests upon shoulders 15 on theinner faces of the uprights 3. This gives the sliding frame 2 an inwardor rearward incline, thereby causing the gate to slide down the frameand complete its opening.

The gravity of the gate forces the frame inward when the parts arelifted as above set forth. The roller 10 is placed between the pair ofblocks 28 at the outer end of the frame; and the roller 10 is arrangedat the middle of the frame between the blocks 29.

In closing the gate the front end of the sliding frame is disengagedfrom the shoulders 15 and the projections 14 are brought upon inclinedshoulders or faces 16, which cause the front end of the sliding frame todescend and the frame to move forward carrying with it the gate, and toincline toward the front of the latch post 17, thereby forming anopposite incline and closing the gate. The operating rope passes overpulleys 18 of the cross bar 13, and thence leads to suitable places oneither side of the gate to be within convenient reach of personsapproaching the gate.

The degree of incline of the frame 2 is regulated by the rollers of theuprights 4, and these rollers are arranged in hangers orbrackets 18which are provided with stems l9 located in vertical slots 20 of theuprights 4. The brackets 18 are capable of vertical adjustment and aresecured in their adjustment by nuts 21 arranged on the threaded ends ofthe stems and bearing against washers which span the slots of theuprights. By raising or lowering the brackets 18 the incline may be madegreater or less to cause the gate to readily open and close.

The middle rails of the gate are adjustable and are provided at theirends and intermediate their ends with bolts 22 which are arranged inslots 23 of the vertical bars of the gate. I I

It will be seen that by adjusting the middle bars of the gate and thesliding frame the opening and closing of the gate maybe readilyregulated.

The latch lever 12 is connected by a chain 24 with a spring actuatedlatch 25' which is adapted to engage a keeper plate 26 of the latchpost, and when the operating rope is drawn the inner end of the latchisdepressed and the outer end'of the latch is lifted out of engagementwith the keeper plate to release the gate.

That I claim is 1. The combination of a supporting frame provided withrollers and composed of uprights arranged in pairs the forward pairprovided with oppositely disposed inclinedshoulders, a sliding framemounted on the rollers and provided at its front end with oppositelydisposed projections arranged to engage said shoulders, whereby thefront end of the sliding frame is elevated in opening, and a slidinggate mounted on the sliding frame, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a supporting frame,

a sliding frame mounted thereon and pro vided with rollers, a slidinggate arranged on the rollers andihaving the inner portions of its middlebars inclined and provided with vertical slotsin its end bars, and setscrews arranged inthe slots and securing the middle bars and renderingthe same adjustable, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a supporting frame composed of parallel front andrear uprights,

the latter being provided with vertical slots,

rollers arranged on the inner faces of the front uprights, and bracketsprovided with frame mounted on the rollers and composed I of parallelbars and providedwith rollers ar-,

ranged between the bars, a sliding gate mounted on the :rollers of the,sliding frame and having inclined 'middlebars and pro vided with a latchand an operating rope connected with the latch and extending upward fromthe gate, substantiallyas and for the purpose described. I

In testimony thatI claim, the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in r the presenceof two witnesses.

V JAMES LOSEY. Witnesses:

THOMAS SULLIVAN,

AARON BARRETT.

